If you already pay for a TV license, you're paying to watch anything broadcasted on the channels you receive. You are perfectly allowed to plug a DVD-R into your set-top box, and record anything for later viewing. I'm not with Sky, so I can't get Sky+. And I refuse to pay our crowd another ~€70 for a second set-top box and receiver, to feed into our DVD-R.

I see no problem with downloading series' in that case. From a legal point of view, you are downloading copyrighted material, and your TV license doesn't cover it. Morally though, it's fine to me

The argument then is, movies are shown on TV. If I missed them when they were broadcasted, why can't I download them? Same with music channels. If I missed a song I like, why can't I download it?

Working fine for me

247 onwards is all messed up here

Quote from Stefani24 :

What's so special about that rule 34?

Google it. First link explains it pretty well

I had a go on my uncle's laptop (with broadband if you don't mind ) back in about '95. Very brief go though, although it was my first click.

My first PC was in ~'98-99, an old Compaq Presario. Back in the day it had epic performance, 64MB RAM, DVD-RW and CD-RW drives, 16GB HDD, 800Mhz Pentium. Happy days spent learning HTML on that yoke :rolleyes:

It's a 12-hour ban. Get over it. You haven't been permanently banned, consider it a warning to not name-and-shame people on the server. If it was someone elses fault, PM a LR member with the replay, and they'll be punished. Trying to sort it yourself results in this kinda thing...

Plus, nobody here can help you anyway. If you want to be unbanned, PM someone from LR, or visit their website (if they have one).

Filled in for the lulz

Quote from ColeusRattus :

I just want to know what would be the difference between being kidnapped and being arrested by an unofficial paramilitary force.

Kidnapped - Help hostage in return for a few million dollars worth of ransom.

Arrested - Given a trial (although, this step would probably be skipped), given jail time for the crimes committed.

The main difference being that several millions dollars doesn't change hands. And only those that actually do crimes are arrested. Even if it comes down to kidnapping and holding hostage only those found dumping, I'd be happy

Quote from amp88 :

You mean centripetal force? There's no such thing as centrifugal force

Tomato, tomatoe :rolleyes: (Sorry, we've a very-dodgy physics teacher, anything close to correct gets full marks :shy

Quote from Bob Smith :

Riel - I'm totally unconvinced that it's easier to drive on the ceiling than it is the wall. The ceiling requires lots of downforce and speed, while the wall only requires that it is a corner (and that you are travelling sufficiently fast), and I reckon you could drive around without any downforce.

Motorbikes drive around banked corners in the wall of death, and they have next to no downforce. It's all about the centrifugal force

Quote from Shotglass :

if you notice hes looking back at you right before a corner rule 34 of lfs officially states that the situation has to be resolved via a game of chicken

That's not Rule 34

Quote from nihil :

Good idea... bet they never thought of that! Oh, hang on... Isn't that exactly what they have done?

No, they've decided to setup a piracy network to hijack and plunder from (usually) innocent ships. I've seen the work the Irish Naval Service does first hand, and I can assure you it does not involve boarding and kidnapping crew members of yachts and freighters. However, if these vessels were seen dumping into our seas, or otherwise breaking maritime laws (I'm not too sure what constitutes breaking these laws, so I'm going to leave that vague), they'd have no problem boarding and arresting crew members, as they do. See the difference?

Quote from Furiously-Fast :

Is it me, or does that site have a Downloader.Swif.C virus now?

No sign of it here...I am on Linux though

Also, level 6, baby

Quote from Shotglass :

alright that weird routing issue resolved itself... pretty darn awesome i gotta say

Weird, fixed itself here too

Lovely stuff

Quote from Shotglass :

wth website is down... and i was looking forward to this after all the comments

Down for me too

Satisfaction of completing the job yerself: Priceless

If you want a good cheap card, find a second-hand ATi 9800 Pro. My last PC had one, ran LFS at around 50-100FPS with hi-res and 4xAA, 4xAF, using a 2.6Ghz P4. There's new ones on Ebay for less than €50

Quote from whitey6272 :

I rang up and told the women the guy yesterday said i couldnt get it repaired so i opened it up to take a look but removed the warranty sticker... and she said "well just send it to be repaired and see what they decide... you didnt tamper with it right you just removed the warranty sticker to look inside" ... "er... yeah ofcourse... ehem"
so basically im going to send it off and see what they do... its so friggin obvious ive been tampering though all the screws have been scratched i put new thermal paste on lol.... (im leaving it running over night to try and get it to set) so basically i think they will just send it back... but hey its worth a try...

You could always drop it a few times, and blame UPS when they open the box to find a smashed Xbox

Quote from rediske :

If they're both on Gigabit-LAN (and only then) there's no need for a crosslink cable, a simple patch cable would do...



full wiki article

I always wondered why I could connect any of my the machines in my house together with the same cable I use for any of the routers or switches I have. I thought I'd look silly if I said it was possible

Quote from Becky Rose :

Please don't try to push me into a corner Dougie because I already stated my objection to some of their practice, the difference is that I recognize their cause and suggest we in the West fix that, as the result is never ending escalation.

I'm not trying to force or impose my opinions onto anyone, I'm just saying that as a way of life, it can't be allowed. It's just not justified. We are undoubtedly the problem, but their reaction is OTT. Sooner or later it's going to escalate to the point where once side is going to cause serious destruction. More than likely the West

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

I pwnd you Dougie 35hp hit with a knife FTW!

http://celticfang.mybrute.com/fight/32605302

Only because my guy is epically thick as of late, and almost never uses the club

Quote from Becky Rose :

You live in the nation of one side of a 'war'. You dont see it as a war because your government is not telling you it's a war. Although maybe it will get banded about as a "War on Piracy" but anyway... The point being "Pirate" is a label.

Labelling something a "Pirate" or a "Terrorist" is a good way for your government to scare you into wanting to condemn the other side.

And thus we go on a banner waving exercise, supporting a system that pays established crime families to dump nuclear waste into the food basket of our enemy.

"One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter".

They're not pirates, and I wish them well with their cause.

I don't approve of hostage taking mind you, like the result of dumping radioactive waste in their sea is that their fishermen take up arms, the result of taking hostages is that they get blown to pieces in return.

It's a natural progression, and if allowed to continue the fight will move to new territories because that is how "terrorism" works.

Personally I think the West owes a huge debt to those people, and should be despatching nuclear clean up teams and sending special forces into nuclear plant management offices...

They are pirates. They plunder and hijack (usually) innocent ships, and threaten the crew until they are paid a ransom. Much like the pirates of old (but with less cannons and more AKs and more RPGs). If they want to stop the dumping in their waters, they're more than welcome to launch World War 3 on the European firms that are doing the damage. Or, even better, set up a proper "unofficial" navy to patrol their waters, much like every other country with water has. Then they can blow the shit out of anyone dumping waste, and the problem is solved.

Hijacking others is earning them millions, but what are they doing with it? Spending money on ships and planes to patrol their waters to prevent illegal dumping? Nope, buying bigger and better weapons to take down bigger and more valuable fleets. The people of Somali themselves say that the pirates lead very lavish lifestyles, with big houses, new cars and several wives (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7650415.stm). If they're so concerned about the state of their waters, why aren't they doing something to prevent it?

What about the dumping of English nuclear waste into the Irish sea? Just because that's happening doesn't mean I'm going to try and hijack some British trawlers in attempts of 6-figure ransoms

(As reference-)

Quote from Greenpeace Site :

The Irish Sea has been described by Greenpeace as the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world with some "eight million litres of nuclear waste"

IMO, sometime the pirates will sting the Americans hard. And then the Americans will end up bombing Somalia off the face of the earth

Why do they call it the Xbox 360?

Because you'll turn 360° and walk away...

Tried Land Rover used dealerships?

Murder in the First?

E: Well, maybe not. It is set on a prison island, with good and bad inmates, with corrupt wardens. And it has Christian Slater...